The Bund

Breakfast on the 50th floor of our hotel in a revolving restaurant. While serving myself some unidentified objects on my plate at the buffet my heels moved a bit to the side, this is how I realized that I was standing right on the boundary of the fixed and the moving parts of the floor. Stunning view, very rich breakfast.

During the day we explored the Bund, which is an old neigborhood symolizing the colonial historty of the city. The first Opium War firced China to open up for foreign trade. So in the middle of the 19th century British, American and French established concessions in Shanghai. The Bund was the one controlled by the British. The Bund developed into a hub for banks, hotels, trading houses, consulates. Its remarkable European style buildings make you wonder if you're in London or elsewhere in the world. This weirdly looking building that resambles the Ministry of Truth from Orwel's 1984 is located opposite of the Russian consulate and is hosting a hotel today:

The British consulate and the consul's residence:

Hundred years old magnolias in the garden:

Grand European-style buildings:

Lunch at a Shanghai Grandma's restaurant:

Skyline:

The People's monument:

Traditional food courts:

Bon appetit!:

In the evening we met Emma, my friend from business school and Victor who is a new student at ESCP. We had dinner at a modern Shanghai-style restaurant.